Socially Responsible Investment Literature (1990-2022): Key Concepts and Future Research Agenda
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Socially responsible investment (SRI) has recently been a top research area in business finance, economics, and environmental management sciences since 1990. Using 1988 research articles from 105 journals from 1990 to 2022 provides the conceptual structure of SRI. The study identifies four research streams by deploying co-occurrence network analysis. These research streams include environmental economics, security and policies, green energy finance, green investment opportunities, green finance risk, and sustainability challenges. Moreover, the study uses thematic map analysis to find the centre of attention themes and anticipated future green finance streams.
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